A Inspecter Calls Flashcards
“Girls of that…”
Theme?
Said by?
“Girls of that class”
Theme: Class
Said by: Mrs Birling
“Why should you stay…”
Theme?
Said by?
“Why should you stay? It’s bound to be unpleasant and disturbing.”
Theme: Gender
Said by: Gerald to Sheila
“I don’t come into this…”
Theme?
Said by?
“I don’t come into this suicide business”
Theme: Responsibility
Said by: Gerald
“There are millions and…”
Theme?
Said by?
“There are millions and millions of Eva Smiths.”
Theme: Responsibility
Said by: Inspector Goole
“In fire and…”
Theme?
Said by?
“In fire and blood and anguish”
Theme: Responsibility
Said by: Inspector Goole
“I’m talking as a hard headed…”
Theme?
Said by?
“I’m taking as a hard headed practical man of business.”
Theme: Class
Said by: Mr Birling
“Unsinkable…”
Said by?
“Unsinkable, absolutely Unsinkable”
Said by: Mr Birling
“You’d think that everybody has to look after everyone else…”
Theme?
Said by?
“You’d think that everybody has to look after everyone else, as if we were all mixed up like bees in a hive.”
Theme: Class
Said by: Mr Birling
“Go and look for…”
Theme?
Said by?
“Go and look for the father of the child, it’s his responsibility”
Theme: Responsibility
Said by: Mrs Birling
“But these girls aren’t…”
Said by?
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour, they’re people”
Said by: Sheila Birling
“She was a very pretty girl…”
Said by?
“She was a very pretty girl…that didn’t make it any better.”
Said by: Sheila Birling
“Well I was in a state where…”
Said by?
“We’ll I was in a state where a chap easily turns nasty - and I threatened to make a row”
Said by: Eric
Eva Smith being referred to as a “women of the…” and “on the…”
Theme?
Said by?
“Women of the town” “on the street”
Theme: age, class
Said by: Gerald
“Need not be a big man but he creates…”
Said by?
“Need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity, and purposefulness.”
Said by: Stage directions about Inspecter Goole
“I know i’m to…”
Theme?
Said by?
“I know i’m to blame”
Theme: Responsibility
Said by: Sheila Birling
